Cool Test & Anagrams

ANAGRAMS  Only for the dyslexics

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This is a pretty cool website forwarded by ALT
member Bituin> http://memoriter.net/flash/test.html

It's not a lab test.  It's more about
YOU!



Published  8/7/07  ALT  MSN Group
Web Page:  Cool Test

YouTube - Taliesin West Side Story

hi! i'm a subscriber of doubtingthomasian. let's watch her road trip with
her friends to the great architect frank lloyd wright taliesin west
in amazing arizona.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpsMONGUqHo

ALT American Travel Tlaquepaque

Subject: YouTube - Tlaquepaque Day

HI: This is worth watching.  More of my zoom-zoom road trip this
summer to Tlaquepaque Village, Sedona, AZ with Susan & Sofie to visit
their dearest med tech friends Ellen & Fina who used to work at Thorek
Hospital Laboratory in Chicago.  The instrumental background music
"Suave" is by Patrick Ki, Sedona's one and only popular recording
artist...but he's really from Hawaii.  Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXONS4y2rRI

Job Opportunity, Swedish American Health System

Subject: Job Opportunity, Swedish American Health System

Please see the attached employment
opportunity. 

It's a Full Time day position.
> Supervises all technical and
clerical personnel in Microbiology
> department.
> Responsible for
all technical, operational, financial, and educational
> functions of
department.  Supervises clinical laboratory science student
>
>
clinical rotations.  Responsible for all applicable laboratory
>
accreditation
> standards. Bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory
science and MT(ASCP)
> or
> CLS(NCA) certification. Four years
experience as a clinical laboratory
> scientist, with one year full time
Microbiology experience is required
> per
> College of American
Pathologist accreditation standards.
> Please apply on-line or send/fax
your resume to Lesley Medrano, 1401 E.
> State St., Rockford, IL 61104.
Fax: 815-961-2445. Email:
> lmedrano@swedishamerican.org EOE
>
> Any questions,
please feel free to e-mail me or call.
>
> Thanks,
> Lesley
Medrano
> HR, Recruiter
> SwedishAmerican Health System
> 1401
E. State St.
> Rockford, IL  61104
> 815/489-4203
> lmedrano@swedishamerican.org
> www.swedishamerican.org
> "Through
excellence in healthcare and compassionate service, we care for
>
>
our community."


Published 7/26/07  ALT MSN Group
Web Page: Job Opportunity, Swedish American Health System

MIUSA Summer Picnic July 22, 2007

THE MANGALDAN ILLINOIS. OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INC.  (MIUSA) held their annual picnic yesterday, July 22nd, at Bunker Hill Forest Preserve at Peterson & Caldwell, Chicago.  Although I did not hail from Mangaldan, a province in Pangasinan, Philippines, I was especially invited by my college batchmate Sofie (she was formerly Mrs. Mangaldan '96) to attend very fulfilling event (masarap lahat ang pagkain).  Sofie especially prepared for me my favorite pork barbecue with lots of fat and the best palabok I have ever tasted!

I also met at the picnic Veronica Leighton, the ever lovely Filipino pioneer Publisher & Owner of the ever popular VIA-TIMES MAGAZINE and the ever gracious host of her long time Philippine-Chicago TV Show (Channel 48, every Sunday, 12 noon-1:30 pm).  I have not seen her in person since two years ago at the film world premiere of Feng Shui starring Filipino award-winning actress Kris Aquino, but I have always watched her show every Sunday except yesterday.  Giggles.  I noticed she was wearing a Bantay Bata cap - Bantay Bata (Child Watch) is a charitable organization in the Philippines mostly taking care of poor and homeless children.

I'm very thankful to Veronica for publishing my USTPMTBBAA (University of Santo Tomas Pharmacy, Medical Technology, Biochemistry, and Botany Alumni Association) announcement and my e-mail messages in the past.  What a wonderful lady she is!

Seated (l-r): Veronica Leighton, - - -? (sorry po, nakalimutan ko)

Standing (l-r): Gloria Ydia of Kiwanis Young Children Priority One (visitor from The Philippines), Lib, and Sofie

 

Published  7/24/07  ALT MSN Group

Web Page:  Filipino Picnic

In Memoriam German Nayo

Our sincere condolences

to the family of

German "Gerry" Nayo,

dearly beloved batchmate and classmate

 in our alma mater of

Manila High School in Manila, Philippines. 

 

 The Great Defender as he was whimsically known to his classmates and neighborhood friends, met and hugged by the Good Shepherd, made to lie down in green pastures, restored his soul. and prepared a table in his presence on that eternal blessed day of April 29, 2007.

Gerry

MHS Batchmates Sweet Memories, Gerry Nayo 05082007

Capitalist Ms. Piggy Dear IRS 2007

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Association of
Laboratory Technologists

To: Association of
Laboratory Technologists

Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 8:11 PM

Subject: Re: Capitalist Ms. Piggy

	New Message on Association of Laboratory Technologists

Capitalist
Ms. Piggy

Reply	Recommend Message 6 in Discussion
From: ALTPresident1 TAXING CHORE The day is coming,,,April 15.  The writing is on the wall.  Now is the time to do the mathematical exercise. If you're a TAXPAYER, forget about this "Dear IRS" letter you've been thinking to mail - Dear IRS: I would like to cancel my subscription.  Please remove my name from your mailing list.   The Great American Taxpayer

Published 3/31/07  ALT  MSN Group
Web Page: Capitalist Ms. Piggy  Dear IRS 2007

Facts on Barong Tagalog

Barong Tagalog This was sent to me by a friend and I think it's nice to know why the barong is the national dress of the Philippines.

During the Spanish occupation of the Philippines (over 300 years from 1561-1889) the barong tagalog was required by the Spanish government for Filipinos (indios) to be worn at most times to show the difference between the rich and the poor. the poor who serve the rich must always be in uniform.

Take their chauffeurs, maids, and employees as examples. They are in uniform to immediately distinguish them from the employers. When the Spaniards colonized the Filipinos, they had to make it abundantly clear who the boss was through the imposition of a dress code. Men were not allowed to tuck their shirttails in. That was the mark of his inferior status.

Second, the cloth material should be transparent so that he could not conceal any weapon that could be used against the masters. Third, as a precaution on thievery, pockets are not allowed on  the shirt.

By the turn of the century a new middle class began to emerge among the Filipinos. These were known as the principalia. They have mastered Spanish laws and were able to obtain title to lands. They became successful in business and agriculture and sent their sons to be educated abroad. They were privileged to build their houses in the poblacion around the plaza near the seats of power.

Only a member of the principalia could be addressed by the title "DON", and only they were allowed to vote. They had all the trappings of power and status, but for one undeniable fact: they still had to wear their shirttails out, if only to remind them that they were still Indios.

What the Spanish authorities did not smother out was the Filipino's will power and dermination to psychologically conquer their colonial masters, through improvisation and  reinterpretation. The Filipino's stylistic bongga (flashy dresser) was a reaction against the overt discrimination and insensitive oppression of the Spaniards.

For example, Filipinos were forbidden to use imported silk and fabrics for their Barong, so they ingeniously used pineapple  leaves to weave the pinya jusi cloth of the barong, turning the outfit into such delicate material, of luminous silky rich  mixture much finer than silk. And to add insult to injury, they hand-embroidered the front with such exquisite abandon: Calado and hand- work all over.

Palgrave, the ethnographer noted, "The capitan's shirt was the native barong, of fine and delicate fiber, embroidered and frilled; it was light and cool and not tucked in the trousers". (Corpuz, 74)

The Barong Tagalog gained its power, prestige, and status when President Quezon, the first Filipino president, declared it the National dress. The status of the lowly inferior Barong thus became another symbol of Filipinos' resistance to colonization.

After World War II, Philippine presidents began wearing the Barong Tagalog at their installation into office and on every formal state occasion. In contemporary times the Barong Tagalog is the power dress. As an abogado de campanilla, you cannot afford not to wear the Barong Tagalog when arguing a case in Philippine courts.

Today, every visitor and foreign dignitary invited to a Malacanang Palace state function must, by necessity, and dictated by protocol, be dressed to the nines in a Barong Tagalog. The invitations specifically say come in "Barong" instead of the traditional "Coat and Tie". Thus, every one invited to dinner at the Presidential Palace and in many Filipino homes will unknowingly and unwittingly have to experience directly, what it feels to have to wear his shirttails out, to suffer the indignity of having the material of his barong transparent so that he can not conceal any weapon; and horrors, to be accused directly of incipient thievery by having no pockets in his barong to put the silver. So, when El Se챰or Spanish Ambassador is invited to a state dinner, you can say, "Ah, what sweet revenge!" (Buti nga!!!)

Very interesting no? hindi mo akalain ganoon ka complex ang storya ng ating barong tagalog. It makes you a little bit more proud of your self and your heritage while wearing it.

Published  3/14/07   ALT  MSN Group

Web Page:  Facts on Barong Tagalog

I Love Lab Techs

Top l-r: Lory (PM Shift), Lina (Reception Desk), Greg (Chemistry Supv), Thampy (Microbiology), and Gloria (Chemistry Tech)
Middle: Aida (PM Reception Desk) and Sayed (PM Tech)
Bottom l-r: Yousuf (Microbiology), Ayesha (PM Tech), Dolores (Phlebotomist), Mila (Chemistry Tech), Delsie (Histology Supv), Napoleon (Blood Bank Supv), Melba (Hematology Supv), and Manuel (PM Tech) 

LAB LIFE: THE ASPECTS OF LAB

If there is no tech, there is no lab.  If there is lab, there's the presence of a full day of staff or a skeleton crew, usually 2 techs in the graveyard shift of a small hospital.  The day for a lab tech start as early as 6:00 AM.  The phlebotomist take the blood test requisitions, prepare the tray with  arrays of red, green, brown and purple top tubes, disposable syringes and the ubiquitous tourniquet.  Departmental supervisors come at 7:00 AM or 8:00 AM and the Lab Manager is always at the lab or on-call.  The bench techs or whoever is scheduled early do quality control on the instruments and check for stat orders from the floor.

The Blood Bank tech check the custom-made refrigerator for critical changes that would affect the preservation of donor blood bags.  Patient going to have surgical operation, routine or risky, is checked and cross-matched for blood type - A, B, AB and O.

The Hematology-Urinalysis tech check the quality control data on the machines: Prothrombin (PT) and Partial Prothrombin Time (PTT), Differential Counts and the HemaTech.  Urine is tested with dipsticks and microscopically for crystals, casts, RBCs and WBCs.

Chemistry and Special Chemistry tech perform the most blood tests as ER doctors are very demanding and must have the results immediately.  Techs don't have time to go on break or to lunch especially when they are busy.  Sometimes the patient's blood had not been drawn yet and the nurse or doctor was already asking for the report.  With just 10-20 cc of blood sample, many tests such as blood sugar, liver enzymes, hepatitis-AIDS tests, drugs and metabolites have a turn-around-time (TAT) of within 30 minutes to an hour depending on the chemistry intruments.  Chemistry section is always on the run 24/7.

The Histology or Cytology tech is busy cutting paraffin cell blocks into microns size, staining and labeling the slides for the Pathologist to read and then check for normal, benign and cancerous cells.

The Microbiology tech is sterilizing and cleaning the benches making sure there are no contamination or cross-contamination by infectious materials, checking for any positive growth from blood cultures and instrument results of bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. 

Published 1/28/07  ALT MSN Groups

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Dear Lab Techs:

        It's good to know that lab techs are still alive and kicking.  There are so many kind of lab techs one is not sure if they are still around.  This website sure informs us.

        Keep it going and more power!

Published 2/2/09  ALT Group Multiply

Web Page: Lab Techs

Texas Holiday

The Rio Grande Valley in the deep south of Texas is booming.  With fine weather all year round, the place is a magnet for Filipino nurses and teachers.  From 10 Filipino pioneers in the early 70s there are probably a thousand (wild guess) Filipino residents now.  The best place to see them is when they go to their favorite Filipino store.  I was at De Dios Bakery when I met Padini, the website writer  of http://www.pinoyrgv.com


Published 1/11/07  ALT  MSN Group
Web Page: Texas Holiday